The Coffee Pouring Puzzle That’s Messing With People’s Minds

People have been stewing over the correct answer to a coffee-themed puzzle.

A Twitter user shared the logic quiz, in which coffee is poured into a network of pipes leading to four different cups, on Thursday.

You have to figure out which of the cups will receive coffee first:

The brainteaser sparked plenty of debate:

Isn’t it 9, 4, 7, 5? (9 first because the distance between the tubes are much shorter than 4.)

— Elite Lucky Gamers ® (@eliteluckygamer) November 10, 2017

Wouldn’t they all get it at the same time

— Pablo Freshcobar🌊🌴 (@wxvybaby) November 9, 2017

4…9….7…..5 in that order

— Rγαη Fυgαζí 🇱🇨 (@HALFyute) November 9, 2017

Some people answered correctly, but many appeared to miss one key point.

Warning: the answer is about to be revealed.

A closer look at the pipes shows that the coffee will actually end up in only one cup ― number 5. That’s because the pathways to the other three cups are all sealed off, as another Twitter user illustrated here: